A3 5-door VS A4 Avant

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A good example of getting the fine lines between hatchback and station wagon just a little too close...
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please excuse the dash reflection over the A3
 
Well, CAR magazine also remarked that the A3 Sportsback isn't really a "hatchback" per se, but a crossover hatch / station wagon. Useful for space and still has a slight youthful or "sporty" feel to it.
 
Yeah I remember reading that once and thinking about the oxymoron of a "sporty station wagon". Yet that is something Audi seems to like if you look at past models like the RS4 Avant (first RS4 in SA).
 
To be honest, I would actually consider getting an RS4 Avant when we do the whole "family thing"... and when I have a bucket-load of cash to spend.
 
having sat in the A3 5 door (aka Sportback) i would hardly say its anything similar to a station wagon.

Its just a normal A3 with a little bit more leg room in the back and 2 extra doors.

If you consider its got a similar (if not the same) chassis to the golf 5, then by implying the A3 5 door is very similar to a station wagon, you would indirectly imply the golf 5 is similar to a station wagon. And we all know the golf 5 is considered a hatchback.

Where car magazine pulled the statement " the A3 Sportsback isn't really a "hatchback" per se, but a crossover hatch / station wagon." i have no clue.
 
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